Re: Functions as first-class objects

[Egor Skriptunoff <egor.skriptunoff@...>]

On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 7:29 PM, Alejandro Reimondo wrote:

Is it possible to send messages to functions?
I need to extend functions as first-class objects.
With string values the feature is implemented
extending string's metatables.
I coudn´t found a similar way to do it with
 function values.

What does "send messages to functions" mean?

The "__call" metamethod is not applicable to closures, but others ("__pow", "__div", "__index",...) are still available.